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VA: Money for private health care may run out by year's endhttps://www.mail.com/business/finance/5542968-va-money-private-health-care-years.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks after a veterans' health initiative received $2.1 billion in emergency funding, the Trump administration says the private-sector Veterans Choice health care program may need additional money as early as December to avoid a disruption of care for hundreds of thousands of veterans.
The Department of Veterans Affairs said in a stateme...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:46:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/business/finance/5542968-va-money-private-health-care-years.html2017-09-26T21:46:00ZAdidas exec, 4 coaches charged in college bribery schemehttps://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/5541554-adidas-exec-4-coaches-charged-college-bribery-sche.html
NEW YORK (AP) — In one of the biggest crackdowns on the corrupting role of money in college basketball, 10 men — including a top Adidas executive and four assistant coaches — were charged Tuesday with using hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to influence star athletes' choice of schools, shoe sponsors, agents, even tailors.
Some of the most explos...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:20:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/5541554-adidas-exec-4-coaches-charged-college-bribery-sche.html2017-09-26T21:20:00ZConviction reversal adds intrigue to Menendez bribery trialhttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5542080-conviction-reversal-adds-intrigue-to-menendez-brib.html
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The overturning of another politician's corruption conviction has added intrigue to the bribery trial of Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey. On Tuesday, a New York federal appeals court invalidated the 2015 conviction of Republican former state Senate leader Dean Skelos. The same court reversed Democratic former New York state Assembly Speake...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:19:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5542080-conviction-reversal-adds-intrigue-to-menendez-brib.html2017-09-26T21:19:00ZJudges appear split in 'Making a Murderer' appealhttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/movie/5540910-judges-appear-split-making-murderer-appeal.html
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal appellate judge hearing arguments Tuesday in Chicago about whether investigators coerced a confession from a Wisconsin inmate featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" said video of detectives questioning Brendan Dassey was so disturbing that it made her "skin crawl."
But other judges at the full-court rehearing at 7th Ci...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:13:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/movie/5540910-judges-appear-split-making-murderer-appeal.html2017-09-26T21:13:00ZFirst-time NFL protesters explain how they became wokehttps://www.mail.com/sports/football/5542924-first-time-nfl-protesters-explain-they-woke.html
Football coaches warn players not to say anything that could wind up on the opposing team's bulletin board. When he set out to challenge NFL protesters, Donald Trump took the opposite tack. He put up a billboard.
The president essentially called out-of-work quarterback Colin Kaepernick "an SOB" for taking a knee to protest racial injust...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:54:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/sports/football/5542924-first-time-nfl-protesters-explain-they-woke.html2017-09-26T21:54:00ZNFL opts not to react to Trump's anthem kneel 'rule' tweethttps://www.mail.com/sports/football/5541214-nfl-opts-to-react-to-trumps-anthem-kneel-rule-twee.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — No matter what challenges his administration faces, President Donald Trump is keeping up his running commentary on the NFL — tweeting Tuesday about the football league's TV ratings and suggesting it bar players from kneeling during the national anthem.
The NFL, for its part, was not all that eager to continue the back-and-forth with Trum...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:05:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/sports/football/5541214-nfl-opts-to-react-to-trumps-anthem-kneel-rule-twee.html2017-09-26T21:05:00ZThe Latest: GOP considering a tax surcharge on wealthiesthttps://www.mail.com/business/finance/5541736-latest-gop-considering-tax-surcharge-wealthiest.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Republican effort to overhaul the tax code (all times local): 5:05 p.m. Congressional officials say President Donald Trump and Capitol Hill Republicans are considering an income tax surcharge on the wealthiest, even as they plan to lower the top rate paid by upper-income people to 35 percent.
...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:03:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/business/finance/5541736-latest-gop-considering-tax-surcharge-wealthiest.html2017-09-26T21:03:00ZYellen: Fed is perplexed by chronically low inflationhttps://www.mail.com/business/finance/5542072-yellen-fed-perplexed-chronically-low-inflation.html
CLEVELAND (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen acknowledged Tuesday that the Fed is puzzled by the persistence of unusually low inflation and that it might have to adjust the timing of its interest rate policies accordingly.
Speaking to a conference of economists, Yellen touched upon key questions the Fed is confronting as it tries to determine why i...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:58:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/business/finance/5542072-yellen-fed-perplexed-chronically-low-inflation.html2017-09-26T20:58:00ZProbe opened into 'potential criminality' in nuke projecthttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5542686-probe-opened-potential-criminality-nuke-project.html
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State police on Tuesday announced an official probe into "potential criminality" on the part of one of the co-owners of a multibillion-dollar nuclear construction project whose failure cost thousands of people their jobs.
Meanwhile, an opinion from one of South Carolina's top prosecutors called a state law used by utilities to raise ...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:49:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5542686-probe-opened-potential-criminality-nuke-project.html2017-09-26T20:49:00ZThe Latest: More US ships, troops heading to Puerto Ricohttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5541886-latest-us-ships-troops-heading-to-puerto-rico.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and Puerto Rico (all times local): 4:30 p.m. The Trump administration is sending additional resources to Puerto Rico to step up the federal response to Hurricane Maria, including a flotilla of ships and thousands more military personnel.
Speaking Tuesday outside t...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:43:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5541886-latest-us-ships-troops-heading-to-puerto-rico.html2017-09-26T20:43:00ZNielsen: Football ratings off 11 percent this yearhttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/movie/5542762-nielsen-football-ratings-11-percent-this-year.html
NEW YORK (AP) — Through three weeks, viewership for national telecasts of NFL games is down 11 percent this season compared to 2016, the Nielsen company said on Tuesday. Nielsen said the games averaged 17.63 million viewers for the first three weeks of last season, and have dipped to 15.77 million this year. The 2017 figures don't include this week's Monday night game betwee...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:37:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/movie/5542762-nielsen-football-ratings-11-percent-this-year.html2017-09-26T20:37:00Z'Dukes of Hazzard' star charged with assaulting girl, 16https://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/5542642-dukes-hazzard-star-charged-with-assaulting-girl-16.html
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — A former star of the 1980s television show "The Dukes of Hazzard" who's accused of groping a female cast member of a musical he was supposed to appear in now faces charges he indecently assaulted a 16-year-old girl in Massachusetts.
Court records show Tom Wopat is charged with assaulting the girl and a woman in July while rehearsing ...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:35:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/5542642-dukes-hazzard-star-charged-with-assaulting-girl-16.html2017-09-26T20:35:00ZThe Latest: Saudi envoy says women driving is a 'huge step'https://www.mail.com/news/world/5542612-latest-saudi-envoy-women-driving-huge-step.html
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The Latest on Saudi Arabia allowing women to drive (all times local): 11:30 p.m. Prince Khaled bin Salman, the new Saudi ambassador to Washington, says letting women drive is a "huge step forward" for his country.
He tells reporters in Washington that it was the right time for Saudi Arabia ...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:35:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/world/5542612-latest-saudi-envoy-women-driving-huge-step.html2017-09-26T20:35:00ZTomlin: Steelers 'don't care' about political footballhttps://www.mail.com/sports/football/5542798-tomlin-steelers-dont-care-political-football.html
PITTSBURGH (AP) — His players unable to reach agreement on how to respond to President Donald Trump's suggestion that NFL players who protest during the national anthem should be fired, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin signed off on their decision to remain in the tunnel before kickoff last weekend in Chicago.
The Steelers, in their words, were attem...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:34:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/sports/football/5542798-tomlin-steelers-dont-care-political-football.html2017-09-26T20:34:00ZReview: 'Mark Felt' looks at the man behind Deep Throathttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/movie/5542744-review-mark-felt-man-deep-throat.html
As a lifetime Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and No. 2 to J. Edgar Hoover, Mark Felt was not exactly an ordinary man, but he was, it seems, a highly unlikely candidate to topple a presidency. Felt was the man behind Deep Throat, the Watergate whistleblower who led Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein to the explosive truth behind that break-in. He lived only as a shadowy m...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:33:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/movie/5542744-review-mark-felt-man-deep-throat.html2017-09-26T20:33:00ZNielsen's top programs for Sept. 18-24https://www.mail.com/entertainment/movie/5542764-nielsens-top-programs-sept-18-24.html
NEW YORK (AP) — Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Sept. 18-24. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. NFL Football: Oakland at Washington, NBC, 17.48 million.
2. "America's Got Talent" (Wednesday), NBC, 15.64 million.
3. "60 Minutes," CBS, 14.83 million.
4. "Am...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:32:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/movie/5542764-nielsens-top-programs-sept-18-24.html2017-09-26T20:32:00ZRepublican Sen. Corker announces he won't seek re-electionhttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5542702-republican-sen-corker-announces-wont-seek-re-elect.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, the chairman of the powerful Foreign Relations Committee and a political force on financial issues, announced Tuesday he would not seek re-election.
The 65-year-old lawmaker, who recently had been encouraged by President Donald Trump to seek a third term, made the surprise announcement hours befor...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:58:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5542702-republican-sen-corker-announces-wont-seek-re-elect.html2017-09-26T21:58:00ZTop US diplomat Tillerson to travel to China this weekhttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5542732-top-us-diplomat-tillerson-to-travel-to-china-this.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit China this week to discuss President Donald Trump's planned travel to the region and North Korea. The State Department says Tillerson heads to Beijing on Thursday. His talks with senior Chinese leaders will also cover trade and investment.
It will be Tillerson's second visit ...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:22:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5542732-top-us-diplomat-tillerson-to-travel-to-china-this.html2017-09-26T20:22:00ZTrump and former adviser loom large in Alabama Senate racehttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5541072-trump-adviser-loom-large-alabama-senate-race.html
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Sen. Luther Strange on Tuesday tried to beat back a challenge from firebrand jurist Roy Moore who was in sight of grabbing the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate despite Strange's backing from President Donald Trump and millions of dollars from allies of Senate Leader Mitch McConnell.
The outcome of the contest for Attorney General Jef...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:21:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5541072-trump-adviser-loom-large-alabama-senate-race.html2017-09-26T20:21:00ZRed is down, not out, as 'Blacklist' returns for season 5https://www.mail.com/entertainment/movie/5542608-red-down-out-blacklist-returns-season-5.html
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Raymond "Red" Reddington's life has taken a turn for the worse on "The Blacklist," and James Spader says both he and his character are delighted. As the NBC drama opens its fifth season Wednesday (8 p.m. EDT), the once high-flying Red, his lucrative criminal network in shreds, is reduced to living in a motor lodge and spending his leisure time there poolsi...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:12:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/movie/5542608-red-down-out-blacklist-returns-season-5.html2017-09-26T20:12:00ZCorrection: Football Ratings-Fact Check storyhttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/movie/5540216-correction-football-ratings-fact-check-story.html
NEW YORK (AP) — In a story Sept. 25 about NFL ratings, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the 16.04 million average viewership for NFL games this year took only Sunday afternoon games into account. In fact, the figure is a measurement of all games that were shown to a national audience, which includes some games played on Sunday, Monday and Thursday nights.
...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:07:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/movie/5540216-correction-football-ratings-fact-check-story.html2017-09-26T20:07:00ZTrump plans to slash US refugee admissionshttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5542644-trump-plans-to-slash-us-refugee-admissions.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will allow no more than 45,000 refugees into the United States next year, officials said Tuesday, in what would be the lowest admissions level in more than a decade.
President Donald Trump is expected to announce the cap on refugee admissions following a lengthy debate within his administration about whether to g...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:48:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5542644-trump-plans-to-slash-us-refugee-admissions.html2017-09-26T21:48:00ZRepublican leaders: Senate won't vote on Obamacare repealhttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5541050-republican-leaders-senate-wont-vote-obamacare-repe.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing assured defeat, Republican leaders decided Tuesday not to even hold a vote on the GOP's latest attempt to repeal the Obama health care law, surrendering on their last-gasp effort to deliver on the party's banner campaign promise.
"The bill is dead as a door nail," said Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., leaving a luncheon where GOP senator...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:56:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/5541050-republican-leaders-senate-wont-vote-obamacare-repe.html2017-09-26T19:56:00ZVelcro's video implores consumers to say 'hook and loop'https://www.mail.com/news/us/5542596-velcros-video-implores-consumers-to-hook-loop.html
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Lots of pop songs have hooks. This one has loops, too. Velcro Cos. this week released a music video with a message it hopes will stick as well as its products: "Don't Say Velcro."
The video features actors portraying trademark attorneys, joined by a few actual lawyers in the background, pleading with the public to r...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:43:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/us/5542596-velcros-video-implores-consumers-to-hook-loop.html2017-09-26T21:43:00ZTrump misfired on tweet about Iranian missile launchhttps://www.mail.com/news/world/5542544-trump-misfired-tweet-iranian-missile-launch.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday that Iran had "just test-fired" a missile, he seemed to know something the rest of the government did not. Turns out, he did not. There was no Iranian ballistic missile launch, three U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard had used a military parade on Fri...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:52:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/world/5542544-trump-misfired-tweet-iranian-missile-launch.html2017-09-26T19:52:00Z